<p>Tokyo [Japan], June 14 (ANI): A high-level military talk between South Korea and North Korea is underway at a North Korean facility in the truce village of Panmunjom.</p><p>The meeting, which began around 10 a.m. on Thursday, is held to discuss ways to ease tension in the Korean Peninsula and to implement the agreements reached at the inter-Korean summit (held in April), as per NHK World.</p><p>An official of the defence ministry, Major General Kim Do-gyun, is leading the South Korean delegation, while the North Korean team is headed by Korean People's Army Lieutenant General An Ik San.</p><p>The two sides are expected to hold dialogue between their defence ministers in order to avoid accidental military clashes in areas, along the maritime demarcation line.</p><p>Recovery of the remains of the fallen soldiers from the Korean War in the demilitarised zone would be a significant part of the discussion.</p><p>This comes after North Korea cancelled the high-level talks with South Korea originally scheduled for May 16, over the joint military drills undertaken by Seoul and Washington D.C.</p><p>North Korea is now expected to seek a halt of joint military drills between the United States and South Korea.</p><p>After the historic summit with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said the US would halt war games with S Korea, while the negotiations are underway.</p><p>The two leaders in Singapore also signed a post-summit joint declaration, according to which Kim committed for 'complete denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula' and Trump pledged 'security guarantees' to the North. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>
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